Workers in Carlsbad to volunteer Friday

CARLSBAD  Employees of Carlsbad companies plan to volunteer time decorating felt hearts for seniors and assembling food packs for hungry children Friday in called the Carlsbad Annual Day of Giving Back.

Volunteers will include Carlsbad Mayor Matt Hall, Life Technologies CEO Greg Lucier and many others.

The volunteer day will be the first event for the partnership, which was founded by Life Technologies, the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Kelly Services, Inc., Prime Lending, La Costa Resort & Spa, Knuckleheads Gym and Park Hyatt Aviara Resort.

The activities begin at 9 a.m. Friday and end at 1 p.m. at the Life Technologies campus, 5823 Newton Drive.

Other volunteer activities include planting a corporate community garden, painting wooden animal cutouts for the San Diego Zoo, stuffing envelopes and removing invasive plant species and replanting native flora at Agua Hedionda Lagoon and the Lake Calavera Preserve.